Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1800 of 11 October 2016 laying down implementing technical standards with regard to the allocation of credit assessments of external credit assessment institutions to an objective scale of credit quality steps in accordance with Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance)
Modified by
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/633of 24 April 2018amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1800 laying down implementing technical standards with regard to the allocation of credit assessments of external credit assessment institutions to an objective scale of credit quality steps in accordance with Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(Text with EEA relevance), 32018R0633, April 25, 2018
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/744of 4 June 2020on amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1800 laying down implementing technical standards with regard to the allocation of credit assessments of external credit assessment institutions to an objective scale of credit quality steps in accordance with Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(Text with EEA relevance), 32020R0744, June 5, 2020
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2006of 16 November 2021laying down implementing technical standards amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1800 as regards the allocation of credit assessments of external credit assessment institutions to an objective scale of credit quality steps in accordance with Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(Text with EEA relevance), 32021R2006, November 17, 2021
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1820of 1 July 2024amending the implementing technical standards laid down in Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1800 as regards the mapping tables specifying the allocation of credit assessments of external credit assessment institutions to an objective scale of credit quality steps in accordance with Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(Text with EEA relevance), 32024R1820, July 2, 2024
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1800of 11 October 2016laying down implementing technical standards with regard to the allocation of credit assessments of external credit assessment institutions to an objective scale of credit quality steps in accordance with Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(Text with EEA relevance)
Article 1The allocation of credit assessments of external credit assessment institutions to an objective scale of credit quality steps shall be that set out in the Annex.
Article 2This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.ANNEXAllocation of credit assessments of external credit assessment institutions to an objective scale of credit quality steps
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